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9th Jun 2023

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Russia urges Nato not to build bases in Sweden, Finland

Russian leader Vladimir Putin has said Moscow will reply in kind if Nato installs new military infrastructure in Finland or Sweden. "With Sweden and Finland, we don't have the problems that we have with Ukraine. They want to join Nato, go ahead," he said on state TV Wednesday. "If military contingents and infrastructure are deployed there, we will have to respond in kind and create the same threat," he added.

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EU's proposed ethics body 'toothless', say campaigners

Transparency campaigners say the new ethics body proposed by the European Commission will do little to prevent corruption at the EU institutions. The proposal comes six months after allegations of a Qatari corruption affair involving a former European Parliament vice-president.

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The 'BlackRock exemption' has no place in the EU's due diligence directive

With the EU's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, there's an opportunity to harness the power of investment for truly sustainable activities. But to do this, it must not allow the 'BlackRock exemption' and instead cover institutional investors and asset managers.

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